WEBVTT >> ACCORDING TO THE STATEDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONROUGHLY 110 MILLION TRANSACTIONSARE MADE AT NEW HAMPSHIRE TOLLSANNUALLY.OPEN ROAD LANES HAVE BEEN AROUNDSINCE 2010, BUT WHAT IF YOU'REIN THE WRONG LANE?WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO?>> YES, I'VE BEEN IN THE WRONGLANE.NO, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. >> I ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION WHEN IGET THROUGH THE TOLLS SO I'MALWAYS IN THE RIGHT LANE. >> THE STATE DOT SAYS THESOLUTION IS SIMPLE.>> IF YOU GET IN A LANE, STAY INTHAT LANE.IT'S NEVER GOOD TO TAKE ADRAMATIC TURN OR CHANGE LANES ATTHE LAST SECOND AS YOU APPROACHA PLAZA. >> SIGNS CLEARLY MARK THE LANESAT TOLLS.PURPLE FOR EZ-PASS, GREEN FORCASH PAYMENTS.A COMMON OCCURANCE UP AND DOWNTHE GRANITE STATE DOESN'T ALWAYSBREED COMMON SENSE.>> HAVE YOU EVER SEEN SOMEONETRYING TO CUT THROUGH ALL THELANES?YES, A LOT ACTUALLY.JUST TODAY.WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME WHENWE'RE DRIVING BACK-AND-FORTH.>> PEOPLE DO MAKE A LOT OFSTRANGE MOVES SOMETIMES INCONVENTIONAL PLAZAS WHERE FORWHATEVER REASON, THEY DON'T LIKETO SIT IN LINE, OR WHETHER THEYTHINK THEY'RE IN THE WRONG LANE,THEY WEAVE, THEY STOP.AND ALL OF THAT CAN BE VERYDANGEROUS. >> IF I HAD TIME, I'D SWITCHOVER. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO CROSS 5LANES OF TRAFFIC JUST SO I CANGET MY $2 TOLL PAID. >> IF YOU DO GO THROUGH THEWRONG LANE, DON'T PANIC.WITHIN THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS OFGOING THROUGH AN EASY PASS LANEOR A TOLLING LANE, AGAIN IFYOU'RE NOT A EASY PASS CUSTOMER,YOU CAN PAY ONLINE OR PAY THETOLL WITHOUT ANY REPERCUSSIONS.

After a man was killed in a crash at the Hampton tolls, officials are urging drivers to not make bad decisions when approaching the tolls.A 54-year-old Quincy, Massachusetts, man died Tuesday night after the van he was in crashed into a divider at the tolls. Three other people, including the driver, were taken to nearby hospitals. Police said no one in the vehicle was wearing a seat belt. State police said the driver of the van might have been trying to make a sudden move from the open toll lanes to the cash lanes. But transportation officials urged drivers to avoid making that split-second decision. "If you get in a lane, stay in that lane," said Bill Boynton of the Department of Transportation. "It's never good to take a dramatic turn or change lanes at the last second as you approach a plaza." Signs mark the lanes at tolls -- purple for E-ZPass lanes and green for cash payments. "People do make a lot of strange moves sometimes in conventional plazas where, for whatever reason, they don't like to sit in line or they think they're in the wrong lane," Boynton said. "They weave, they stop, and all of that can be very dangerous." And if you go through the wrong lane? Don't panic. "Within the first seven days of going through an E-ZPass lane or a tolling lane -- again, if you're not an E-ZPass customer -- you can pay online or pay the toll without any repercussions," Boynton said.The penalty for using the wrong lane is $1.

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After a man was killed in a crash at the Hampton tolls, officials are urging drivers to not make bad decisions when approaching the tolls.

A 54-year-old Quincy, Massachusetts, man died Tuesday night after the van he was in crashed into a divider at the tolls. Three other people, including the driver, were taken to nearby hospitals. Police said no one in the vehicle was wearing a seat belt.

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State police said the driver of the van might have been trying to make a sudden move from the open toll lanes to the cash lanes. But transportation officials urged drivers to avoid making that split-second decision.

"If you get in a lane, stay in that lane," said Bill Boynton of the Department of Transportation. "It's never good to take a dramatic turn or change lanes at the last second as you approach a plaza."

Signs mark the lanes at tolls -- purple for E-ZPass lanes and green for cash payments.

"People do make a lot of strange moves sometimes in conventional plazas where, for whatever reason, they don't like to sit in line or they think they're in the wrong lane," Boynton said. "They weave, they stop, and all of that can be very dangerous."

And if you go through the wrong lane? Don't panic.

"Within the first seven days of going through an E-ZPass lane or a tolling lane -- again, if you're not an E-ZPass customer -- you can pay online or pay the toll without any repercussions," Boynton said.